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SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE APPLICATION."},{"number":"ZP-2023-006148","date":"2023-07-27","work":"New construction, addition, GFA change","type":"Zoning","description":"Zoning Permit","status":"Expired","completedDate":"2024-12-30","scope":"FOR THE COMPLETE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STRUCTURE ON LOT. ( SEE ZPPLICATION# 1009241 FOR RELOCATION PERMIT) FOR THE ERECTION OF ONE(1) DETACHED STRUCTURE ( 60’ HIGH) WITH GREEN ROOF ( COVERS FOR MORE THAN 60% OF ROOF AREA); ROOF DECK AT SECOND FLOOR; ROOF DECK AT FIRST FLOOR ( DELHI ST FRONTAGE) WITH PENTHOUSE ( ELEVATOR OVERRUN PENTHOUSE) WITH THIRTY(30) ACCESSORY INTERIOR PARKING SPACES INCLUDING WITH TWO (2) ELECTRIC VAN SPACES; TWO(2) COMPACT SPACES AND TWO(2) VAN ACCESSIBLE SPACES; ONE(1) LOADING SPACE AND THIRTY-THREE(33) 1A CLASS BICYCLE SPACES AT FIRST FLOOR IN AN ACCESSIBLE ROUTE [ AS PER PROVISO PLAN: Addition of projections and balconies to the Diamond St. façade as presented to CDR and the RCO] SIZE AND LOCATION AS SHOWN IN THE ZBA STAMPED PLAN ***EXTEND THIS PERMIT FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR PER SECTION 14-303(10)(d) OF THE PHILADELPHIA ZONING CODE. A BUILDING PERMIT MUST BE OBTAINED BY 10/28/24 As per the Zoning Board of Adjustments (ZBA) Approval."}],"storyTag":"New construction","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2020,"k":"permit","w":"Lot Line Relocation"},{"y":2020,"k":"appeal","w":"Appeal complete"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"New construction, addition, GFA change"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[],"licenseActivity":[],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-28","signals":[],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"1 permit not marked completed: ZP-2023-006148 (Expired). At least one row also carries a completion date, so the City fields conflict.","why":"Issued work is not the same as approved final work. L&I uses final inspections and required certifications to close construction permits; expired, withdrawn, and completed are different City statuses.","action":"Open the permit file and confirm final inspections, holds, and any resulting occupancy certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"deed-chain","level":"verify","title":"The latest nominal transfer is not a market sale—or a title opinion","finding":"The latest deed in the assembled record moved for nominal consideration.","why":"A $1 or nominal deed can be a valid family, estate, or entity transfer. It does not establish a sale price, clear title, or by itself prove a tangled title.","action":"Read the recorded deed and have the title search confirm every grantor, grantee, estate/probate step, lien, and authority to sell.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/property-lots-housing/get-a-copy-of-a-deed-or-other-recorded-document/"}],"closingChecks":[{"title":"Property Sales Certification","body":"The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.","action":"Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-property-sales-certification/"},{"title":"Date-effective City Property Payoff","body":"The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.","action":"Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"title":"Professional title and water-lien searches","body":"OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. Mortgages, judgments, municipal claims, water liens, easements, heirs, and other encumbrances require separate searches.","action":"Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-04-07-why-title-insurance-is-your-best-friend-when-buying-a-home-in-philadelphia/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/water-gas-utilities/pay-or-dispute-a-water-bill/resolve-water-liens-judgments/"}]}